Housley v. Strawn Merchandise Co.

The Strawn Merchandise Company, a corporation, instituted this suit on the 24th day of May, 1920, in the district court of Palo Pinto county against the appellant J. H. Housley and the appellees Moore Co., a firm composed of J. B. Moore, Sr., and J. B. Moore, Jr., to recover an alleged balance due upon an itemized and verified account of $3,291.30. The plaintiff alleged that the defendant Housley was the owner of certain lots in the town of Strawn, Tex., and that at a time stated in 1919 he entered into a written contract with the said Moore Co. for the erection of two brick buildings on said…